Trim guide

Abstract

A trim guide for a painter's brush having optional right and left-hand guide brackets mounted in selected biangular relation to the lengthwise brush axis for respectively supporting individual guide shoes in position to engage walls or other guide surfaces in a manner suitable to maintain the axis of the brush and bristles in predisposed angular relation and contact with a surface to be painted. The guide also performs to adjustably regulate the touch and area of bristle contact while operably guiding the brush for movement along a desired path.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
       1. A trim guide for a paint brush having bristles extending substantially longitudinally of the handle comprising: attachment means on the base portion of the brush; support means having means for interlocking, detachable connection with said attachment means and comprising an elongated portion extending angularly outwardly and downwardly from the base portion when the brush is operationally positioned over a surface to be painted; and detachable guide means at the outer end of said elongated portion including a planar guide surface disposed in preselected angular intersecting bias relation to the lengthwise axis of said elongated portion for operationally engaging an underlying support at positions remotely in advance of the brush bristles as the same are drawn over a surface to be painted; said guide means serving to maintain the brush in predetermined operating position with the bristles thereof in preselected contact with the surface to be painted. 
     
     
       2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said attachment means are located on opposite sides of the brush, and a pair of said support means are connected thereto to diverge angularly outwardly from said opposite sides of the brush; each of said support means having a guide means at the outer end thereof. 
     
     
       3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said guide means is detachably mounted on said support means, and adjustable connector means interjoining said guide and support means. 
     
     
       4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said support means are partially rotatable about said attachment means to permit limited rotational adjustment of said support means whereby to vary the angle of bristle engagement with the surface to be painted. 
     
     
       5. The combination of claim 1 wherein said guide means is detachably mounted on said support means for adjustment longitudinally of said elongated portion whereby to regulate the pressure and area of bristle contact with the surface to be painted. 
     
     
       6. The combination of claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a rigid angulated member detachably joined at one end to said attachment means and including spaced elongated rails on said elongated portion for receiving said guide means. 
     
     
       7. The combination of claim 1 and means operable to adjustably interjoin said guide means and support means for sliding relative movement including connector means for interlocking the same at selected relative positions whereby to dispose said guide surface toward and away from the longitudinal axis of the brush for regulating the pressure of bristle contact with said surface to be painted. 
     
     
       8. The combination of claim 1 wherein said guide means comprises a unitary member having a planar body portion, a coplanar tongue portion extending outwardly of one margin of said body portion, and a lip portion folded outwardly along an opposite margin thereof, the fold line between said lip and body portions being disposed transversely of the longitudinal axis of said unitary member at an intersecting angle therewith determinative of the angle of bristle contact with the surface to be painted. 
     
     
       9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said tongue portion includes an elongated slotted opening receptive of connector means for clamping said guide means to said support means and accommodating adjustment of said guide means relative to said support means whereby to regulate the pressure of bristle contact with said surface to be painted.